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April 4, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

Sugar and Spice: Is Everything Nice?

In her weekly column for Different Truths, Hemashri shares two experiences that reveal the work environment in a government office. The retirement age for Supreme Court judges is 65...

March 29, 2018
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Food

Scrumptious Namkeen, Anyone?

Ruchira tells us about various namkeens, from different parts of India, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Indians are probably the most notorious foodies in the world....

March 28, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Mamata Bending the Bow to Blunt the Arrow of BJP: Bengal Challenge Frustrates Foot in Delhi

Mamata Banerjee has one foot in West Bengal, the other in New Delhi, giving her all to cobble a Third Front which is a resurrection that always fails at...

March 23, 2018
IPA Service
Politics, World

Corbyn is Best Placed to Win Next Elections: British Left Must Maintain Unity to Ensure the Process

Millions of people are invested in the idea of a Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government. That raises a new challenge — how to maintain and strengthen the unity of the...

March 21, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

An Ode to my Mentor

Indian bureaucracy thrives on sycophancy, and the most favoured officer is the one who is most flexible in pleasing certain people. However, whenever there was a major crisis, this...

March 14, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Token Censure of Saffron Vandals Will Not Do: Empty Chiding by Modi Cannot Rein in Sangh Goons

Narendra Modi, for a change, broke his customary silence on the antics of the saffron brigade and condemned the pulling down of statues, if only because he realised that...

February 15, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Economy, Politics

Do Corruption and Democracy go Hand in Hand?

The funding of political parties in India is kept a largely secret affair, thus, the chances of the influence of policy or rules by fund giver is a big...

February 10, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, International Relations, Politics, Security

Modi Captivates His Audience With Words: Is it Sound over Substance?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a keynote address at the World Government Summit in Dubai. He never fails with words when it comes to these matters, irrespective of...

January 30, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Potpourri

Losing Out the Loved Ones…

Life is about moving on. Hemashri shares her experiences of love and affection in a transient world, working in different offices and reflecting inwardly. Here’s the weekly column, exclusively...

January 25, 2018
Tarun Gupta
Business, Economy

Is the Stock Market Overvalued?

There are various metrics to measure the value of a stock market. The most common or popular is Earning per share, or EPS, for short. That one metric gives...